IndIan and Nepalese daggers
Daggers have been used throughout human history for close combat confrontations, and many cultures have used adorned daggers in ritual and ceremonial contexts. The distinctive shape and historic usage of the dagger have made it iconic and symbolic. (1- South indian knife (Matchu); 2- Indian or Nepalese knife; 3- Indian or Nepalese kukri with sheath, two small knives and pouch; 4- Indian knife (bank); 5- Indian pichangatti; 6- Buck-horn parrying stick).
